Utah State University

Utah State University

Motto	Research, Service, Teaching
Type	Flagship Public research university Land-grant Space-grant
Established	March 8, 1888 (1888-03-08)
Academic affiliation	Utah System of Higher Education ORAU APLU
Endowment	$314.6 million (2015)
Budget	$671.6 million (2016)
President	Noelle Cockett
Provost	Laurens H. Smith (Interim)
Academic staff	800
Administrative staff	1,664
Students	28,118 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	24,838 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates	3,280 (Fall 2016)
Doctoral students	710 (Fall 2016)
Location	Logan, Utah, U.S. 41°44′42″N 111°48′32″W / 41.745°N 111.809°W / 41.745; -111.809Coordinates: 41°44′42″N 111°48′32″W / 41.745°N 111.809°W / 41.745; -111.809
Campus	Suburban, Logan: 400 acres (1.6 km2), Statewide: 7,000 acres (28 km2)
Colors	Aggie Blue and White
Nickname	Aggies
Mascot	Big Blue
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference
Website	www.usu.edu

Utah State University (also referred to as USU or Utah State) is a public doctorate-granting university in Logan, Utah, United States. The coeducational, space-grant, land-grant, research university is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 18,000 students living on or near campus, USU is the largest public residential campus in Utah. As of Fall 2015, there were 28,622 total students enrolled including 25,259 undergraduate students and 3,363 graduate students of whom 735 were doctoral students. The university has the highest percentage of out-of-state students of any public university in Utah totaling 23% of the student body.

Founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college, USU focused on agriculture, domestic arts, and mechanic arts. The university now offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, natural resource sciences, as well as nationally ranked elementary & secondary education programs. It offers master's and doctoral programs in humanities, social sciences, and STEM areas (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). It received its current name in 1957.

The Carnegie Foundation has given Utah State University the designation of a Research University with "higher research activity," placing it among the top 209 higher education institutions in the country conducting research. Utah State University has produced 7 Rhodes Scholars, 1 Nobel Prize winner, 1 MacArthur Fellows program inductee, 4 recipients of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, and 34 recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. A professor from the university has been named Utah's sole Carnegie Professor of the year 14 of the last 20 years. USU has nine colleges and offers a total of 176 bachelor's degrees, 97 master's degrees, and 38 doctoral degrees. USU's main campus is located in Logan with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin and 28 other locations throughout Utah. In 2010, the College of Eastern Utah, located in Price, Utah joined the USU system becoming Utah State University College of Eastern Utah (USU Eastern). Throughout Utah, USU operates more than 20 distance education centers. Regional campuses, USU Eastern, and distance education centers provide degrees to more than 40% of the students enrolled. In total, USU has more than 220,000 alumni in all 50 states and more than 100 countries.